In Burkina Faso, Rebellion Stirs
di Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times
In the feminist fable “Delwende” the African filmmaker S. Pierre Yameogo tackles social injustice in present-day Burkina Faso with grace, economy and exquisitely controlled anger.
The instrument of his fury is Pougbila (Claire Ilboudo), a 16-year-old village beauty who elicits jealousy from the local girls and appreciative glances from their boyfriends. But the village elders are preoccupied with the decreasing rainfall and rising number of child deaths; led by Pougbila’s father (Célestin Zongo), they accuse her mother (Blandine Yameogo, the filmmaker’s cousin) of witchcraft and banish her to fend for herself. [...]
di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1477 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 8 Ottobre 2008
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